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Grace Gospel Fellowship

Grace Gospel Fellowship
ClassificationEvangelical Protestant
OrientationDispensational
PolityCongregational
HeadquartersGrand Rapids, Michigan
Origin1944
Congregations107 (2020)
Members60,000 (1992)
Official websiteggfusa.org

Grace Gospel Fellowship is a Christian denomination in the United States associated with the Grace Movement. The denomination has its headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1]

History

The Church has roots in a conference of pastors in 1943, in Indianapolis, Indiana.[2] Grace Gospel Fellowship was founded in 1944.[3] In 1992 it had an estimated 60,000 members in 128 churches.[4] In 2021, Bryan Walker become the President of the Grace Gospel Fellowship and has adopted the mission statement to be "Healthy Pastors, Healthy Boards & Healthy Churches".[5] As of 2020, 107 churches were listed in the Fellowship's church directory.[6]

Beliefs

It is dispensational and premillennial in its theology,[4] and holds to a congregational church polity.[7]

References

  1. ^ Religion in America: A Directory. p. 74.
  2. ^ George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 1002
  3. ^ Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 2012. Abingdon Press. 2012. p. 244.
  4. ^ a b Handbook of Denominations in the United States, 13th Edition. Abingdon Press. 2010. p. 255.
  5. ^ GCF, Executive director, EFC's website, USA, retrieved August 17, 2017
  6. ^ Grace Gospel Fellowship, Church Directory, GGF's website, USA, retrieved July 25, 2020
  7. ^ Perspectives on Church Government: Five Views of Church Polity. 2004. p. 181.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Gospel_Fellowship